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Post by squeaky on Mar 2, 2014 16:20:30 GMT
Hello stinkbug, sorry you're suffering like this, it sucks to be us doesn't it? I know what you mean about the glares etc. Some people seem to think we stink just to annoy the hell out of them and ruin their day. The trouble is that everybody is brainwashed to believe that if they bathe/shower and use deodorant they won't smell. I remember many years ago my mother saying in an exasperated tone, "you CAN'T smell" because I was always bathing and washing myself and she couldn't smell anything. She had no idea that my life was a misery because of other people's reactions at school and in shops etc. I never told her. Seems odd that you only just started smelling now though. It might be that you could find a treatment for it if you can discover the cause. I was born stinky so there's not much hope for me. Have you consulted your doctor? Don't panic, it could be temporary. Keep your chin up
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Post by stinkbug on Mar 25, 2014 16:42:32 GMT
hi squeaky. yeah it totally sucks to be us. It does seem odd that I just discovered this but I have always been a loner in school and growing up and even into adulthood. I do remember in highschool a girl asked if I found the bathroom "this morning". I thought she just meant I smelled like cigarettes cos I was and am a smoker. I thought my loner status was due to my being weird awkward and shy but I realize it was and is my smell. And I have lost all hope. Recently divorced, didn't work and no hope of finding it and no insurance to go to a doctor.
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Post by stinkbug on Mar 25, 2014 16:45:46 GMT
Also the last couple years of my marriage my husband would often ask "who farted?" or he would say did Pepper, our dog, poop in here. I realize now he was referring to me. I feel he couldn't smell me in the beginning but when our marriage began to fail, "our loved ones can't smell us" he could begin to smell me in the end.
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Post by Al on Sept 27, 2017 15:06:05 GMT
Hi I think I would cut out the kale and spinach things like that would give me a reaction. I am trying parsley as someone said that would be good. So far so good. Am
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Post by losthope on Jan 3, 2018 22:18:17 GMT
Hey guys. I need someone to talk to who understand. I feel like I can't live much longer
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Post by tintin10 on Jan 9, 2018 21:36:51 GMT
Hey guys. I need someone to talk to who understand. I feel like I can't live much longer Hi Lost Hope, That's really sad to read though I totally empathize with what you are saying. Everyday is a struggle living with this horrible condition. I think some poster either on this forum or somewhere descripted their situation as existing but not really living in any meaningful sense which is exactly how I find it. All I can say though is that I really do wish you won't lose hope completely. After all without the hope that one day you can be free of this problem and be able to live your life normally without fear then it makes it ten times harder to get through the day. I m not just saying this for the sake of it but I genuinely believe there are grounds for optimism that a cure mightn't be too far away. Like for one it's very probable that the source of our odours lies within our digestive systems. Nearly every week I see how there's more and more interest and research into how the gut works and the influence it has on the rest of our health. I feel sure within the next five years there'll be more treatments coming out in this area which could really help us. Also I ve been on these forums a lot and while it's true that lots of people including myself haven't been very successful getting a handle on our smell issues there have been at least a few success stories. Like perhaps with the combination of for example the right diet and probiotics you could be able to get on top of this thing a lot sooner than you could possibly imagine. If you don't mind me asking have you got an inkling of what might be going wrong with you? Like maybe you could suffer from tmau? There's this tmau forum you might like to take a look at - www.tmau.org.uk/chat/
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